A venture in 1777 . ? jE*» M. vfvo ziie wriitc-iuucu couriers ainvc wiui IN 1777. news of pardon on that ChristmasDay. Now there is always for every mansome woman of whom he is afraid,and so it was with the King. Itwas not the Queen, because she wasdead, but it was the Kings daugh-ter, who wanted to marry a braveyoung Prince, and was angry be-cause the King saw no way to pre-vent it except to keep him shut upin a high tower. The stars all felt sorry when theKing cried out, Never will I let himout—^never! Then a little wind sobbed through the trees and was still and the roses the shadows pra
A venture in 1777 . ? jE*» M. vfvo ziie wriitc-iuucu couriers ainvc wiui IN 1777. news of pardon on that ChristmasDay. Now there is always for every mansome woman of whom he is afraid,and so it was with the King. Itwas not the Queen, because she wasdead, but it was the Kings daugh-ter, who wanted to marry a braveyoung Prince, and was angry be-cause the King saw no way to pre-vent it except to keep him shut upin a high tower. The stars all felt sorry when theKing cried out, Never will I let himout—^never! Then a little wind sobbed through the trees and was still and the roses the shadows prayed and the 44 nightingales ceased to sing. There A VENTURE was a great quietness. IN 1777 The King sat down on a seat and was angry with the custom and with himself, and shut his eyes and thought, for now he must decide. If he would not set free the Prince there would be no Christmas prayers for him in all the wide land. But no, he would not free the Prince. Of a sudden he heard a voice say softly: *If, O King, you move you will surely die. Listen! Then he looked and saw in th
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